None of the nominated prisoners have met the criteria to be pardoned this year, according to President David Granger.
“…You would have noticed I have not pardoned any persons this year. I didn’t pardon anyone at the time of independence because many of the persons who would normally be eligible for pardon are in fact convicted for trafficking in cocaine, not possession of a few grammes of marijuana, but trafficking and I’m not going to tolerate trafficking. I am not going to tolerate murder and I am not going to pardon anybody who’s got blood on their hands,”
